I’ve decided to make this post since fandom decided not to! Anyways, June is pride month, and I’ve decided to use this time to celebrate LGBTQ+ characters in the Divergent series!
YA novels haven’t always been diverse with the LGBTQ+ community, however the Divergent series has a lot more diversity than other dystopian novels. It has a variety of different ethnic backgrounds, and sexualities.
Amar and George
Amar and George are a less-common type of LGBTQ+ characters in typical books. Instead of almost normalizing the relationship, it is actually shown that these relationships are still frowned upon in these fictional worlds (ie: the bureau not being very accepting of the relationship).
2. Lynn
Lynn also showed a more normalized LGBTQ+ character in fictional series, showing her bravery of accepting her feelings to Marlene, but she is still nervous which I can see differs to series such as THG.